{"id":28585,"date":"2024-10-25T08:36:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28585"},"modified":"2024-10-25T08:36:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:36:21","slug":"maryland-department-of-agriculture-announces-animal-disease-traceability-rule-change-effective-november-5-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/10\/25\/maryland-department-of-agriculture-announces-animal-disease-traceability-rule-change-effective-november-5-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Agriculture Announces Animal Disease Traceability Rule Change Effective November 5, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2020\/03\/19\/covid-19-update-to-food-supply-chain\/attachment\/update\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?fit=820%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"820,312\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UPDATE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?fit=760%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?resize=300%2C114\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?resize=768%2C292&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 25, 2024)\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<strong>Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0<\/strong>is notifying cattle and bison producers about an important update to the disease traceability rule<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/news\/agency-announcements\/aphis-bolsters-animal-disease-traceability-united-states\">\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0<strong>United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Starting November 5, 2024, OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION (ID) for cattle will be required to be both electronically and visually readable.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">This updated requirement applies to animals moving within the state or across state lines when submitting official tests or vaccinations, such as. tuberculosis testing and brucellosis vaccination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">The following types of cattle are required to have electronic ID (EID) when crossing state lines:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Dairy cattle of any age or sex<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Sexually intact beef cattle and bison aged 18 months or older<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Cattle and bison of any age used for rodeos, shows, or exhibitions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">While a wand reader is not mandatory to read the printed numbers on the tags, it is recommended to reduce transcription errors and improve accuracy. Producers should also be aware that removing existing official ID tags from any animal is illegal. It is prohibited to place two 840 RFID tags with different numbers on a single animal, but management tags may be added as needed. Official 840 RFID tags are not reusable, and correct placement is essential for effective tag retention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Additional information regarding the seven common myths and misunderstandings about the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">new regulations can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/USDAAPHIS\/2024\/10\/11\/file_attachments\/3030115\/fs-adt-mythbusters.pdf\">here.<\/a>\u00a0For information or questions, producers can contact the\u00a0<strong>Animal Disease Traceability<\/strong>\u00a0team at the Maryland Department of Agriculture at (410) 841-5810 or animal.disease.traceability@maryland.gov.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">###<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 25, 2024)\u00a0The\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0is notifying cattle and bison producers about an important update to the disease traceability rule\u00a0announced\u00a0by the\u00a0United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).\u00a0 Starting November 5, 2024, OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION (ID) for cattle will be required to be both electronically and visually readable.\u00a0 This updated requirement applies to animals moving within<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/10\/25\/maryland-department-of-agriculture-announces-animal-disease-traceability-rule-change-effective-november-5-2024\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28586,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28585\/revisions\/28586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}